Inspiring covers by everyone from The Beatles to Carpenters, ‘Please Mr. Postman’ put Motown on the map.
The patience of the young R&B singer was rewarded on August 21, 1961, with an LP named after one of most famous songs.
‘It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me’ took Barry’s bedroom soul into the disco era.
It was the song that carried the Quiet Storm sound into the ’80s.
